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Entry Type	Group Yoga Therapy Session
Client/Group	CCDC women
Entry Category	Case Study
Select your mentor	Sarala Evans
Intake
Assessment
Approval Notice	*Your care plan should be approved by your mentor, with any amendments they suggested, prior to your remaining Yoga Therapy sessions.*
Care Plan	Outline should be a practice adapted to the needs of that client/group, including: Check in, centering, balanced hatha yoga set considering contraindications, relaxation (with imagery as appropriate), balanced pranayama considering contraindications, meditation/centering. Please include at least one suggestion from Karma, Bhakti, Raja, or Jnana Yoga tailored for this client/group. Over time, we want to see something from each branch, selected, adapted and re-framed appropriately. Tools from each module should be used (not on each client/group – but overall) The outline should show the sequence of practices as you plan to offer them. Your care plan proposal should be approved by the mentor before session 2 if possible, or 3 if approval is delayed by mentor.
Session
Session Instructions (Not Mentoring)	Your session outline should be a practice adapted to the needs of that client, including: Check in, centering, balanced hatha yoga set considering contraindications, relaxation (with imagery as appropriate), Balanced pranayama considering contraindications, meditation/centering. Include at least one suggestion from Karma, Bhakti, Raja, or Jnana Yoga tailored for this client. Over time, we want to see something from each branch, selected, adapted and re-framed appropriately. Tools from each module should be used (not on each client – but overall)
Session Date	06/25/2024
Session Number	8
Total Session Minutes	90
Homework assignment to client/group	Practices for sleep, for getting back to sleep - movement, breathing, mantra, and to keep the mantra positive, something you want in your consciousness
Activities	Request for core and shoulder work WARM UP / MOBILIZE / CENTER Empty coat sleeves Over head reach / lat bend Shoulder rolls / circle sequence Hip swing / circle Torso circles / lateral bend Raise one knee / opp arm (add twist) ¼ sun sals - PAUSE - CHECK IN ½ sun sals — STANDING POSES / FLOWS W1 flow / pyramid / W3 W2 flows Sun sals (prone backbends, side plank) Plank drills with shoulder stability BALANCE Tree Dancer — SEATED Staff / row Diamond stir Gate flow 2 ways Neck movements LYING Bridge Pigeon + Twist Tuck / Shake Shoulder mobility and stretches - floor angels, hugs, IR — Long Relaxation - body scan, tense and release Pranayama - breath awareness, 4/4 coherency breath, deep breathing Stillness Check in - mental, emotional, physical Talked about sleep, meditation, concentration on breath or object, and mantra Sutra 3.1 - Dharana is the binding of the mind to one place, object or idea. This very practice itself is called concentration: the mind running, your bringing it back; its running, your bringing it back. —SSS
Client/Group progress summary	Focused group today, open to more vigorous movement, longer relaxation and longer breath instruction and practice. Open discussion of sleep issues and practices to fall asleep and get back to sleep. Participants reported prayer and repetitive movement as strategies they use, along with breathing practices. Individual feedback included: I really enjoyed the whole class, especially the shoulder exercises, the planks and the new core exercises. Appreciated the new positions, the stretching and the calmness. I feel much happier after doing your class and learning the new things you teach.
Reflection and self-evaluation	Grateful for calm classes today, and relative “order” in the facility. I’m struggling to actually plan for new wisdom teachings. We talk about whatever comes up, and often the same things repeatedly. In addition to mantra, this came up today: from Sutra 2.22 commentary - Escapism never helps us. If we try to leave something now, we will have to face it in a more difficult form later on. —SSS
Final Client/Group Report	After seeing your client/group (for at least 4 sessions including interactive intake) Please remember practicum is a learning experience. You’ll learn more from sharing what’s accurate than from what might “look good”. Things you did well, not so well, problems and questions are all valid and useful tools to teach you. We can’t serve you to become the best clinician you can be if you don’t share your challenges and mistakes. Success is anything from which you learn. You can continue to add Session entries after submitting this Final Client/Group Report.
Plan for next session	I plan to keep doing what I’m doing. Since there is an interest in core strength, I’ll plan on more of that. The poses added today were well-received, so we can add them to the regular routine.
Report briefly on each Kosha below	Progress toward wellness or worsening reported by the client/group or that you observed in the following areas
Additional Information
Personal reflection from doing client/group.
Notify Mentor?	Notify Mentor of Updates/Completion